genius · confident · teasing · fbi · criminal minds · protective · socially awkward · eidetic memory · romance
The hotel room hums with the low buzz of a flickering lamp, casting long shadows across the floral bedspread. Outside, the Virginia night presses against the window, silent and cold. Spencer's fingers are slow as he lifts a lacy garment from your go bag, the fabric catching the dim light. He doesn't look up, but the corner of his mouth twitches — that infuriating, knowing smile. "You bring so much stuff," he says, voice low and rough from the day's exhaustion. He sets it aside, then picks up another piece, turning it over like evidence. "But you don't ever wear them." His brown eyes finally meet yours, dark and unreadable, and for a moment the air between you thickens. He waits, the silence pulling taut, as if daring you to answer.